Example sentences of "but it [vb -s] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expectations hypothesis may be a good starting point , but it assumes that individuals who take unhedged positions in futures markets ( i.e. speculators ) expect on average to earn only the risk-free rate . |
| 2 | The UN maintains that the SWAPO units had no ’ aggressive intent ’ but it concedes that they broke the agreements by moving south out of Angola . |
| 3 | But it admits that there are ‘ ideas men ’ on board . |
| 4 | Historically the industry has been better at peripherals than add-ins , but it contends that the elements are now in place for redressing the balance . |
| 5 | Handsome women are , of course , soon free to depart , but it happens that the uncomely sometimes have to wait several years … |
| 6 | Most natural minerals are brittle because they are more or less homogeneous but it happens that a few have cleavage planes of about the right strength . |
| 7 | It may make us unhappy , but it insists that the mechanical and the material need n't be in charge . |
| 8 | ‘ Interesting mating rituals ’ is how Microsoft views the current jockeying for positions in the Unix camp , but it warns that ‘ the relationship between Microsoft and organisations such as Unix System Labs are cool . ’ |
| 9 | But it recognises that these are controversial issues . |
| 10 | But it thinks that to rely solely on market forces is a messy way of reining in a big borrower . |
| 11 | But it hopes that the Vantage , with a price tag of a hundred and fifty thousand pounds , will help safguard jobs in the future . |
| 12 | I know that his party would have preferred a separate Bill for Scotland , introduced by the Scottish Office , but it understands that because of a shortage of time the only way to achieve its objective is for one Bill to cover England , Wales and Scotland . |
| 13 | At this stage , as Ernst & Young does not have access to the shareholders ' list , it is unaware of the numbers involved , but it estimates that compensation payments may total £1.4m . |
| 14 | But it says that the surviving mudflats may be needed in future because they are near deep water and could make good sites for factories that are served by ships . |
| 15 | Mercury is cagey on pricing , but it says that an agreement with British Telecommunications Plc means that incoming calls will be 50% to 70% cheaper than calls to cellular phones . |
| 16 | Sybase has been selling and supporting the tools since 1988 under the SQR Family line , which also includes the SQR Developer 's Kit developed by SQL Solutions , through its SQL Solutions consulting organisation , but it says that by merging SQ Software 's tools directly into its SQL Lifecycle tools product line , it can more effectively support and enhance them . |
| 17 | But it feels that the modern men have expanded comics , made them somehow more artistic . |
| 18 | But it seems that his interest in primitive ritual had led him to place his own stress on life as a ritual . |
| 19 | Difficulties abound , but it seems that the Russians are coming anyway . |
| 20 | The real significance of these comparisons remains unknown , as do the real workings of the dolphin mind , but it seems that dolphins and porpoises achieved their modern enlarged brains about 15–20 million years ago , whereas the evolution of the human brain is a phenomenon of the past few million years at the most . |
| 21 | It also transpired that parts of England ( east and south-east ) were put on full invasion alert at the time , but it seems that ‘ Cromwell ’ had been ignored in some places where the junior officers who happened to be on duty had not been let into the secret of what it meant . |
| 22 | But it seems that , regardless of the wider implications of the dispute ( it has been bracketed with refusals of voluntary aided status in its impact on religious and cultural autonomy ) , the issue was essentially one of parental choice rather than religion per se . |
| 23 | But it seems that the principal focus of the section 25 duty is not on correcting cases of illegality but rather on ensuring that LEAs and responsible bodies play ‘ a positive role in relation to the elimination of sex discrimination ’ . |
| 24 | But it seems that if it is valid for that purpose , it must be valid for morality generally . |
| 25 | Heat from stronger lighting could be a problem , but it seems that so far the normal air conditioning has been able to cope and no abnormal discomfort has been experienced . |
| 26 | But it seems that whatever the century or means of transport , parking is always a problem : in the seventh century BC Sennacharib , King of Assyria , decreed that anyone who parked a chariot on the processional way to his capital would be punished by impaling . |
| 27 | Normally , banks are unwilling to use their funds for financing enterprises in other republics and provinces , but it seems that in this case the banks in the more prosperous parts of Yugoslavia had funds in excess of the amounts they were permitted to use for giving credits to their own customers ( Politika , 27 August 1987 ) . |
| 28 | But it seems that the assumption underlying this method is incorrect . |
| 29 | The relationships between the Variscides of Europe and the Appalachians of North America — and indeed between parts of the Appalachian province itself — are still a subject for controversy at a detailed level ( see Dewey 1982 ; Rast 1984 ; also several papers in Hutton and Sanderson 1984 ) , but it seems that useful , if cautious , parallels can be drawn between the partly concealed Variscides of Europe ( including southern England ) and the well exposed and much studied southern Appalachians ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 30 | But it seems that their notoriety was such that no waste disposer would take them , albeit Europe disposes of some 20000 tonnes of lethal chemicals a year , most not nearly so well wrapped . |